The Moonlighter

Sep 19, 1953

1h 18m

★ 5.7

THE MOST MAN-WOMAN EXCITEMENT EVENT TO EXPLODE OFF THE SCREEN IN Natural Vision 3DIMENSION!

Overview

Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't know what he looks like. Still, they break into the prison and lynch a hobo they think is Wes, while the actual culprit sneaks off to see his old flame, Rela (Barbara Stanwyck), who has recently taken up with his straitlaced brother, Tom (William Ching). But Tom is envious of his outlaw brother, and he decides to join Wes in a life of crime.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Joseph Bernhard Productions Inc.

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Rela

Barbara Stanwyck

Wes Anderson

Fred MacMurray

Cole Gardner

Ward Bond

Tom Anderson

William Ching

Sheriff Daws

John Dierkes

Alexander Prince

Morris Ankrum

Slim

Jack Elam

Clemmons Usqubaugh

Charles Halton

Tidy

Norman Leavitt

Mr. Mott

Sam Flint

Mrs. Anderson

Myra Marsh

Tony

William Kerwin

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